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68 Some of the heads of fathers’ households, when they arrived at the house of Yahweh which is in Jerusalem, gave a freewill offering for the house of God to [a]restore it on its foundation. 69 According to their ability, they gave (A)to the treasury for the work 61,000 gold [b]drachmas and 5,000 silver [c]minas and 100 priestly tunics.

70 (B)So the priests and the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants lived in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 2:68 Lit establish
  2. Ezra 2:69 A Greek silver coin, approx. a laborer’s daily wage
  3. Ezra 2:69 A mina was approx. 1.25 lb. or 0.6 kg